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Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.

South DownsPhoto Andras Stefuca / Pexels

Places to explore near Cooksbridge StationCooksbridge

50 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

National Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

0 km W

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Pells Pool

Lido near Lewes

The oldest freshwater public outdoor pool in Britain still in use, built in 1861 in Lewes and fed by a chalk spring.

3.2 km SE

Photo of Lewes, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lewes

Village

County town of steep twittens and flint walls, a Norman castle above, Cluniac priory ruins below and Tom Paine's old house.

3.5 km SE · East Sussex

Photo of Lavender Line, a visitor attraction near Isfield, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lavender Line

Attraction near Isfield

Short steam line at restored Isfield station, with a signal box and model railway.

6.3 km NE

Photo of Monk's House, a house & garden near Rodmell in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Monk's House

House & garden near Rodmell

A weatherboarded cottage by the River Ouse, home to Virginia and Leonard Woolf from 1919

7.4 km S

Photo of Ditchling Common, a country park in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ditchling Common

Country park near Ditchling

A scrap of Wealden common that never got enclosed or built on, now a country park of heath, grass and ponds

7.4 km NW

Photo of Ditchling, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ditchling

Village

Arts-and-crafts village of Tudor houses under Ditchling Beacon, once home to Eric Gill and the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic.

7.6 km W · East Sussex

Photo of Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, a visitor attraction in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Attraction near Ditchling

Village museum tracing Eric Gill and the Guild of craftsmen, housed in a former school by the pond.

7.8 km W

Photo of One Garden Brighton, a garden near Stanmer Park in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

One Garden Brighton

Garden near Stanmer Park

A restored walled garden in Stanmer Park, run as a horticultural training ground with ornamental borders, glasshouses and a kitchen plot. Free entry.

7.8 km SW

Photo of Chailey Heritage Windmill, a windmill near North Chailey, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Chailey Heritage Windmill

Windmill near North Chailey

White smock mill on Chailey Common, restored as a landmark and holding a small rural-life collection on summer days.

8 km N

Photo of Firle (West Firle), a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Firle (West Firle)

Village

Gage estate village under Firle Beacon, with a John Piper window in the church and Bloomsbury painters in the churchyard

9.2 km SE · East Sussex

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

National Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

9.3 km N

Photo of Jack and Jill Windmills, a windmill near Clayton in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Jack and Jill Windmills

Windmill near Clayton

A pair of restored windmills on the Downs above Clayton; Jill, a white post mill, still grinds flour on open days.

9.7 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the site of the Battle of Lewes, fought in 1264 in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Battle of Lewes

Battlefield near Lewes

Simon de Montfort beat a king on the downs above this town in 1264, and Parliament was never quite the same again

2.5 km S

Photo of Black Cap, a country estate near Lewes in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Black Cap

Country estate near Lewes

A dark clump of beeches on the ridge above Lewes, visible for miles, with the South Downs Way running right past it

2.9 km SW

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

3.2 km W · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo of The Jolly Sportsman, a pub near East Chiltington in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

The Jolly Sportsman

Pub near East Chiltington

Food-led dining pub at the end of a no-through-road in East Chiltington, looking towards the Downs.

3.3 km NW

Photo of St Michael's (Plumpton), a church in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

St Michael's (Plumpton)

Church near Plumpton

Small downland church keeping traces of rare medieval wall paintings of the Lewes Group, among the earliest surviving in England.

4.4 km W

Photo of The Anchor Inn, a pub near Barcombe, East Sussex, south east England.

The Anchor Inn

Pub near Barcombe

Riverside pub on the Ouse at Barcombe, with boat hire and towpath walks.

4.8 km NE

Chailey Common

SSSI near Fletching

A pocket of the same lowland heath as Ashdown Forest, small enough to walk in an afternoon

6.8 km NW

Photo: Ditchling Beacon, a 248m hill in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Ditchling Beacon

Marilyn · County top near Ditchling

The highest point in East Sussex, a beacon hill on the South Downs Way with the county's best excuse for a big view

6.9 km W

Photo of Castle Hill National Nature Reserve, a National Nature Reserve near Rottingdean, East Sussex, south east England.

Castle Hill National Nature Reserve

National Nature Reserve near Rottingdean

Forty-seven hectares of unimproved chalk grassland on the Downs between Lewes and Brighton, thick with wildflowers in summer

6.9 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (28) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.